SP.User Class

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010

Represents a user in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation.

SP.User

Inherits

SP.Principal Class

Example

The following example creates an input button on an application page that adds the current user to the visitors group on the current website.

<asp:Content ID="Main" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<script type="text/ecmascript" language="ecmascript">

var user;
var visitorsGroup;

function runCode() {

     var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext();
     var groupCollection = clientContext.get_web().get_siteGroups();
     // Get the visitors group, assuming its ID is 4.
     visitorsGroup = groupCollection.getById(4);
     user = clientContext.get_web().get_currentUser();
     var userCollection = visitorsGroup.get_users();
     userCollection.addUser(user);

     clientContext.load(user);
     clientContext.load(visitorsGroup);
     clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));

}

function onQuerySucceeded() {
    alert(user.get_title() + " added to group " + visitorsGroup.get_title());
}

function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
    alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}

</script>

    <input id="Button1" type="button" value="Run Code" onclick="runCode()" />

</asp:Content>

See Also

Reference

SP.User Methods

SP.User Properties

SP Namespace